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... I'm leaving, well, yeah, today, in 10 hours. I want to be a part of it, New York, New York!
My life is a freaking wreck right now, lol and hooray! I am going to NYC tomorrow to visit all my favorite places before I move to AZ. Why do I feel the need to do this? Like I can never go to NYC again? WTF? I have packing to do. I am a mess, lol!
I am also going to Atlantic City for the night on Thursday evening. Um, hello, Jersey Girl? What are you doing? Way to slack off!
Damn. I have been having some wacked out dreams lately. This whole moving across the country thing is very surreal to me. Give up the good job (that you hate) and sell the nice house (which is so much fun taking care of by yourself) and drive your ass to AZ where you have, um, nothing, really, lol! It's no wonder my parents are perturbed. (Sorry, I am 34 and your right to be bothered by this ceased over 10 years ago.)
I will be living in Tempe in less than two weeks, lol and holy crap. I have no freaking job. NO JOB!!! No income. No family. No one who really gets me or my inside jokes and sense of humor. Crap. What am I doing?
My g'mom was just in the hospital (she's 87) and I really thought that this was it. But, thankfully, it wasn't and she's good now, looks really good (saw her today) and I feel kinda bad about leaving her. I also feel bad about leaving my godson (my cousin). He is gonna be one in a month and I love him to death! I'm gonna miss his first b-day party. I know he will know me because I will make sure he does, but I'm still a little sad.
Damn. I wish it would get cold and damp here in Jersey again cause yesterday the weather was really crappy and I felt really good about coming to Tempe, lol!
Talk me down, people. Talk me down.
Anyone ever feel like this before? It's a very strange thing. Eight years ago I felt an extremely strong pull to California. I ignored it cause I didn't want to go to California. (I hate the Lakers and, I'm guessing, earthquakes, lol!)
As someone who has always been close to her family and done what she's "supposed" to do, this is very foreign. I'm sure everything will work out, but, damn. What am I doing, lol?!?!
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i'm an upstate NY native who had an opportunity to go to anyplace in the nation for college - of course I choose Philly and for my first co-op I moved to wonderful Wilmington to live in an apartment by myself with no transportation and not knowing anyone at the age of 19 which limited my ability to go out
then back to school for 3 months - then screw it, study abroad time - it was either transfer or live in london for 6 months - I chose london - again, I didn't know anyone else who was going to be there, but it seemed like the right thing to do
came back, spent some time at home - older brother says I should live in Denver with him until my classes start up again - sure, go out there, borrow a car, snag a temp job and have an enjoyable 3 months
back to philly for the stretch - settle in and have some fun - graduate, move home for the summer and try to figure out what I want to do
had a good co-op job with an options trading firm - spent my last 2 years of school working for them - great company, potentially great money, very secure in that I knew philly - so of course I move to minnesota
first time I was ever in the state was the day I was dropped off at my new place - renting a room from a guy off an internet ad - no job, no car, no idea of where the hell I was, knew nobody
job market sucked, met some really cool people, froze my ass off, met a girl and after about a year she informs me that she is moving to AZ - i still didn't have a fulltime job and just wasn't feeling the love there - had some relatives here and had at least visited on a couple of occasions - decide a change of scenery could do me well
moved here, interviewed for two decent positions - hired on full time (woo hoo) to one of them - a week in the other place calls and offers me something better - now armed and deadly I get more mobile - settle in, but a ring, buy a house and get married - my migrating days are probably done for a while but I don't regret a thing
it's invigorating to cut ties and have enough self confidence to meet new people, find a job and settle in when it is really just you who can help you
life is in the living and it's perfectly normal to feel a little antsy and want to do everything one last time - i damn near cried my last thursday at my locals bar in philly or the last time I heard really great jazz music at Ortliebs
I think that is why I like buffett music so much - a lot deals with drinking, travelling, relaxing, moving forward, moving onward and just living life and I love it all
"be good and you will be lonesome, be lonesome and you will be free, live a lie and you'll live to regret it - that's what livin' is to me"
One of the best things I've ever done is move 2,000 miles away for college. I knew one person in the state of Wisconsin when I started at Marquette. Granted, I had the "security" blanket of being able to come home to AZ for breaks and such, but it was still scary as all hell.
And obviously your move is on a much greater scale, but I still think it's going to be a positive thing in your life.
You're a strong, confident woman who will do just fine with this tremendous life change. It's scary, no doubt, but it's also a time for you to shine, and shine is what you'll do.
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- i damn near cried my last thursday at my locals bar in philly or the last time I heard really great jazz music at Ortliebs
I think that is why I like buffett music so much - a lot deals with drinking, travelling, relaxing, moving forward, moving onward and just living life and I love it all
"be good and you will be lonesome, be lonesome and you will be free, live a lie and you'll live to regret it - that's what livin' is to me"
Thanks for your story, Osprey. I have laughed hard and cried harder a whole helluva lot in the past week or so. Funny how hearing that you're moving across the country makes people come out of the woodwork and tell you how much they love you and how much they're gonna miss you.
And then there are those people who tell you how much they admire you for being ballsy or brave and how they wish they could do what I am doing, which is hysterical to me cause all I really want is to have a decent job that I enjoy and a family (which is what most of these people who are singing my praises already have).
You're a strong, confident woman who will do just fine with this tremendous life change. It's scary, no doubt, but it's also a time for you to shine, and shine is what you'll do.
Thanks for your story, Osprey. I have laughed hard and cried harder a whole helluva lot in the past week or so. Funny how hearing that you're moving across the country makes people come out of the woodwork and tell you how much they love you and how much they're gonna miss you.
And then there are those people who tell you how much they admire you for being ballsy or brave and how they wish they could do what I am doing, which is hysterical to me cause all I really want is to have a decent job that I enjoy and a family (which is what most of these people who are singing my praises already have).
Life. Whatever.
yep - people do get strange - the move to MN was the hardest - about everyone thought I was nuts to move to such a place, others thought it was brave, others thought I should hang around and not bail on them
but in the end all i wanted to do is what made the most sense for me and I needed change of scenery - i couldn't live in philly any more - i wanted to live in a city and I wanted to be able to do some outdoors kind of stuff
if you can't make yourself happy then you can't provide happiness to those around you - take care of #1 and the rest will fall into place
ride the wave, enjoy your last days back east knowing that they really aren't the last days at all - look forward to the new challenges, adventures and friends you will make - if you are driving out, look forward to that - a couple days cruising this nation can put a lot of things in perspective - enjoy the good and the bad as it is what makes the process great
ride the wave, enjoy your last days back east knowing that they really aren't the last days at all - look forward to the new challenges, adventures and friends you will make - if you are driving out, look forward to that - a couple days cruising this nation can put a lot of things in perspective - enjoy the good and the bad as it is what makes the process great
What's even braver is that she's not a college student anymore! She's in her mid-thirties when most people are thinking about settling in, not making big changes in their life. That takes guts!
I remember before we drove cross country we also spent a couple of days catching all the Broadway shows we could, visited the Empire State Bldg (which I had never visited, lol), etc.
Then we stopped everywhere along the way that we could; visited Intercourse, PA; the caverns in Missouri, the arch in St Louis, etc.
You will be fine - it'll take a few months of adjusting but you will love it here - I guarantee it!
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Yeah, I got some Cardinal Kool-Aid but I didn't add the sugar!
Besides, who else is going to make you feel better, when you are drowning your Cardinal-given sorrows on a lowly Sunday afternoon, than other Cardinal fans?
Packing up and moving to AZ 14 years ago was a great move for me. I knew no one and had no job. It was a great character builder and I really learned a lot about myself. Best of luck. In 6 months, you will look back wishing you had made the move years ago.
Besides, who else is going to make you feel better, when you are drowning your Cardinal-given sorrows on a lowly Sunday afternoon, than other Cardinal fans?
She is going to NY....not many Cards fans there.
Plus, the true doom and gloom happens after the alcohol wears off...on Monday morning.
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